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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE. jTmL FREEMAN * DAUGHTERS, Proprietor! J. M. FREEMAN, Editor. AGNES F. FREEMAN, AsiitUat Editor. Entered as Second-Class Mail Mutter. SATUKDAyTaUG. sm, 1899. Official Organ of County. Ktf We have no authorized amenta, but every one ia asked to forward subscriptions and money to thiaoffice. and receipt! will ae returned by mail. *^(S| Brunswick Circuit. Appling Huperior Court Firm and second Moiuiaya in March; Third and fourth Monday! in Heptetnber. Camden Huperior Court Tuesday after the third Monday in March ; Tuesday af ter the first Monday in October. Coffee Superior Court:—Fourth Monday in March; Second Monday in October. Charlton Hiiperior Court Tuesday after the tirat Monday in April; Tuesday after the fourth Monday in October. Clinch Superior Court:—Second Monday in April; Third Monday in October. Ware Superior Court;—-Third and fourth Monday! in April; Find and second Monday! in November. Fierce Superior Court:—First Monday in May; third Monday in November. Wayne Superior Court:—Second Mon day in May; Fourth Monday in Novem ber. Glynn Superior Court:—Third Monday in May, and flint Monday in December; to continue for aucli time aa the buaineaH may require. The populists are in favor of stamping out trusts, and we are with them on that question, Receipts at the three Phillipine ports for the first five months, of present year, Manilla, lloillo, and Cebu, were $2,047,556. ..1 The Breeze lias had a good deal to say about the mormons, and it does so, purely to remind the peoplo that these proselyters' won’t do te depend on. The neatest little paper that comes to this • office is the Blakely Reporter, and that’s no joke. if Rowell can’t Jack up a good paper he won’t have^aiyc If you fail to go <>n the ex cursion to Brunswick on the 7th, for $2,00 routed trip, you have lost $6.50. It cos/s $8.50 any other time. See advertisement, for leaving time. A New Yonkf man has had his wife arrested for assault. In stead of being proud of such a wife, he has her arrested, alleging that she laid him across her knees and spanked him with a slipper. Ocillm Dispatch: “Eldar Jack Vickers, a prominent diving, at tended yearly meeting at Brushy Creek Saturday. Elder Jack Vick ers has thousand? of friends in Irwin.” So he hat, wherever he is known. Yes, we let him come over that wily once in while. Oeilla Dispatch! “A couple of Mormon elder* have been preach ing in Coffee county, and our young friend, Jim Freenum, is as mad as a hornet. Let ’em mlone, Jim, like the nigger Wanted his master to do the pole-cat, and may be they’ll stink themselves to death.” . . _._i Oeilla Dispatch : “John Wana maker spent year for advertising, and, and he has in creased his appropriation for the present year.” But there’s a man in this town who says advertising don’t pay: John mug be a fool, Editor Beasly, down at Thomas ville, soliloquizes thus: “It seems from the tenor of the press that the yaller dog and the Mormon must go. We much prater the former to the latter, hence if we can’t rid ourselves of let us hold on to the less of the twu evils.” Here is Senator Ben Tillman’s latest “get off:” President Mc- Kinley worked up the Philipine war so as to have an excuse to in crease the regular army to ux>- 000 men, and these are to be used in defending the trust* against ex pected onslaughts from the people. A maiden from the city tripped lightly midst the trees, sniffed the pungent odor that floated on the Breeze. “Oh, tell me macient farmer with arms so brown- and bare, what is that wondrous flower that scents 'the morning air?” Loud laughed the ancient farmer, till the tears rolled down his cheek. “Why. bless you, that’s a polecat. I’ve smelled it for a week.” Fitigerald Leader: “Douglas. Ga., is suffering from too much tnormonism just at present. They have been trying to convert Editor Freemam.” That’s right, any other part of the country that i* visited by these wandering proselyters will’ suffer from too much tnormonism. Their oily tongues will deceive those not posted. There Is a Future for Douglas. With all the draw backs that be set our little town, glimmering in the distance is a radiant future. Seated on a hill—like a queen on her throne—that gives an unbroken view for a good distance, high enough for easy drainage, surround ed on all sides by fertile fields of grain and pastures of cattle, the 1 little town begins to attract the eye of the home hunter. But this fact should not distract the brain of those who own land to put up the figures enormously, but to aid every improvement, public and private, enhancing the real value of homes. See that educational and religious matters are in the lead of all others, make the healthfulness of the town the duty and pleasure of all, by cleanliness and stringent sani tary laws. To regulate themselves to the rules and government of a municipal corporation for some people is like making a hog observe the Sabbath, but as the first lias sense and reason and the latter has none, these things will regulate themselves, and people who do not live in town will come for the ben efit of schools, churches, artesian water, skilled physicians and to raise their families in good society. The Breeze is delighted to note the tone of the people of Douglas in the matter of artesian wells, wa ter works and sanitary measures. These improvements will double, the importance of the town within two years, raising the population fast enough, with the enhancement of property to carry the additional expense with more ease than she carries the burdens of the pres ent day. The Rape Fiend In Washington City. A dispatch from Washington city last Monday, has this to say: “During the past week the Cap itol has been shocked by a crime which hardly has its equal in the south. A respectable white woman on her way home from a circus was waylaid by ten negroes. Her com panion was robbed and told that he would be drowned if lie did not at once leave. The woman was drag ged a little distance from the glare of the city’s lamps while the ten brutes struck down the woman and each assaulted her. The fact that she, in her shame and anguish, kept the matter cpiiet for several days before revealing the whole truth possibly saved the men from the mob. They have all been arrested and have confessed and now their trials are continuing with the dig nity which surrounds the district courts.” And of course, will be acquitted with a light fine, and told to “go and sin no more,” until they have a better chance. If the victim is without prominence her character will be’ blackened beyond redemp tion by the negroes’ lawyers and witnesses will be hired to swear she was a common prostitute, and the negroes elated by their predom inance will seek more victims. We deplore the commission of such crimes anywhere, but if it must go we are pleased to know “like chick ens the curse is coming home” to the Republicans. Gov. Candler says “our women must be protected,” and that's just what judge lynch says. The Commissioner of agriculture says corn crop is almost a failure, lie urges the farmers to make cot ton a surplus, and raise their own provisions. Gov. Candler says the country’s fair name must be sustained, and lynching must stop. Judge lynch says lynching will continue until raping is stopped. Out Friends, the Mormons, are not having an easy time in upper Georgia. If they must have a field to work in we suggest that they are needed in the Philipine islands. The Cordele cotton factory is being moved to another town. When factories begin to leave a town there is always a downward tendency to its growtli and im portance. Gov. Candler says one of the causes of so much lawlessness among the blacks is the familiarity of office hunters with them. Fon dling, feasting and petting them for votes. The Breeze said the same thing sometime ago, and we are glad to see that the governor is catching on to the truth. Within the last week two license have been issued for white and col ored mkrriages, in Washington j city. I THE SAN JOSE SCALE RAVAGES OF THIS AWFUL i*est IN GEORGIA AND HOW IT MAY BE CHECKED. ANSWERS TO MANY INQUIRIES Department of Agriculture Supplies Information ou Subjects of Interest to Farmers. Question. —Ib the San Jose scale more dangerous in the south than at the north? Answer. —This pest is much more de structive in the south than at the north, owing to the longer breeding and feed ing season afforded it by the southern climate. In Georgia, the scale lies dor mant only about two months —from Dec. 15 to Feb. 15—leaving it ten months in the year in which to multiply at a very rapid rate, and prosecute its destructive work of sapping the life of the tree. Even during the dormant pe riod there come days warm enough to revive the insects and set them to breed ing again. In January, 1808, infested peach twigs were received from Danville, Oa., on which living young were crawling pro fusely. Ou Feb. 14, 1809, specimens were received at this office from Cairo, Go., and upon examination they were found to be breeding. On March 8, 1898, I inspected an orchard in Houth Georgia and found the scale breeding freely on pluru trees. From this almost incessant breeding and feeding it can be readily understood that the Sau Jose scale is more dangerous in southern climates than at the north, where the period of its destructive work is cut short by the cold of winter. Again, the peach trees being more susceptible to injuries of auy kind than almost any other orchard tree, and since the peach is the principal fruit grown in this state, we suffer more from the ravages of the scale than other states that grow apples and other fruits that are more resistant. With us peach trees are entirely killed in two seasons after they are first at tacked. On April 30, 1898, I inspected an orchard of 1,000 8-year peach trees at Pine City, Ga., and after careful search found ouly six trees iufested with the San Jose scale. No treatment was applied to this orchard, and on Nov. 10 of the same year I visited it again, and found one-third of the trees entirely crusted over with the scale and in a dying coudition. In view of these facts, with other similar cases, wo must conclude that the San Jose scale is much more de structive in the southern states than at the north.—State Entomologist. Hunter, Pearce & Battey, Savannah, Ga. COTTON 4 FACTORS, Manufacturers High Grade Fertilizers, Experienced and Ex pert Handlers oi Sea Island Gotton. Money loaned to Cotton Shippers on Satisfactory Security. FOR SALR ~~ FARMS and FARMING LANDS, Cheap, Easy Payments. CITY OF DOUGLAS LOTS, Cheap, Easy Payments. Call to see us. It we havn’t what you want we will get it for v„ u WARD & HILLIARD. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance, Abstracting. All kinds of Legal Blanks for sale. Man Tailored. UP T 0 DATE fashionable clothing v ISV\ Pfir I ailipQ n tile very latest seasonable fojjx dQUIOu modes and styles handsomely designed and made. Ferfect fitting Y 4* Suits - Skirts - Waists. * Muslin Underwear, Corset Covers, Underwear. Hosiery. Etc. Agents for the celebrated KABO CORSETS, all colors and styles t Boy's aii elites’ ’ Clothing and Furnishings, Hats, Hosiery Fine Neckwear, Underwear. Negligee Shirts. etc. Stiff. Soft and Straw Hats. P n ll Shipments with privilege of ex- U.UiJJ umining before paying for them. Goods Rigit or Money Back B. H. LEVY & BRO., SAVANNAH, GA. FARM WORK DELAYED little accomplished as yet BECAUSE OK THE RECENT STORMY WEATHER. STEVENS GIVES HIS OPINIONS Agricultural Commissioner Writes of Conditions In Georgia at Pres ent and the Outlook. Atlanta, March 1, 1899. Since my last letter we have had most unfavorable weather for farm work. Hence but little has been accom plished upon the farms during the mouth of February. The passing of the old year has car ried with it a sad experience for many of us, In our farming operations and business transactions generally. The new year was ushered in with the usual good resolutions by our farmers; in fact, the majority of us are trying to do bet ter in the future by correcting the mis takes of the past. It is to be hoped that the present year will mark the begin ning of what may be regarded as anew era; that the smouldering embers of for eign war and internal dissensions will be amicably adjusted, and our nation will settle down to business once more, with a future so bright that the average mind will but partially comprehend the magnitude of its results and possibilities. The new year is remarkable in more than one respect. It brings us not only face to face with new' and strange polit ical questions, but the long hoped-for prosperity promised ns by the present j federal administration upon the settle- i incut of these questions. During the : past five years we have traveled wearily j through a most trying period of depres : sion. Met on all sides by discouraging j conditions, we have bad many hard j ships aud set-backs, but much of it has been our own fault. We have the rem edy in our own hands for many of our troubles. Will we apply it, and apply it now? As I see it, the remedy ließ, first, in the farmer raising hts own sup plies at home, ample and sufficient; then raise as much cotton as you can. When your barns are full, your mules will do a good day’s work. Your cows give milk, and your butter is sweet, rich and of a golden hue. Your hens lay every day, and your hogs are healthy and prolific. But when your barns are empty, your mules have the lampers or Hind staggers, your cows have hollow horn, the feathers on your hens are turned the wrong way, aud your hogs got lousey aud have the nnvuge. L. S. GUTHKIE & CO., (XZ\ ifcf DOTJGLAS > GA -, WF resi ) Reliable GOODS. Prices are V s ' ■ Down. Note these prices and come and examine the goods at once : Clothing that has been selling for $12.00 per suit now 7.00. Common, every clay suits of clothing, all sizes, $4 00 a suit. Gentlemen’s Ties, a nice assortment, from 5 to 25c. Ladies’ Dress Goods, from 3 to 20c per yard. Gent’s Negligee Shirts,; 30c to $1 00; Finest Assortment of Ribons in town, Any kind of Hat at almost any price. Jl hi te Homespun, 30 nurds for 0. \ Is DOLLAR. Laces and Embroideries at Your Own Prices, in Profusion. Lap Robes that were $i oo now 50c. Umbrellas, cheap as dirt. GROCERIES. In Family Groceries'and supplies we lead on prices. Good Green Coffee, 11 pounds, $r 00. (food Rice 5c P er pound. Sugar, per pound SJ. Bacon, 7 b Country Lard 8c per pound. We have the best Lamps for the least money in town. We challenge the world. Tin Ware at your own price, or anything else in our line. D. J. CRAWLEY, DEALER IN 9 Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Sand, LATHS, SHINGLES, &C. WAYCRO S S.- GA. The Douglas Abstract Company. K Makes Abstracts of Title to ail Lands in Coffee coj/nty. Buys and Sells Real Estate on Commission, Lends Honey, &c. Legal Blanks of all kinds for Sale. • Headquarters for anything connected with Deeds, Mortgaged, Land Titles, &c. Come to see us L. C. HILLIARD, Manager. * Spring#- Near Douglas, Georgia . Unequalled as a health resort. Rates of BoarjT tOW. Fishing and Hunting excellent. Good Recreation. Address JOEL GASKIN, Douglas, Ga. / p THE PRUDENTIAL INSURAKgFCIT OF AMERICA Is the Leading Insurance Company of the United States. Its Policy Contracts are brief, comprehensive and unsurpassed by those of any other company. RECORD OF 1898. Total Assets, over ..... . *28,889,100,42 Income iver ... . *17,480,000.000 New Insurance written, over - - - *1(U,000,000,00 Paid Policy Holders, to Date Over - - . *30,450,000,00 Number ol‘Policies in force Nearly $;5,OOO.OOO. Some of the Adv antages of The Prudential Company. Premiums Low, Occupation not Restricted. Investment Excellent, Extended In surance Long Periods. Security Absolute, Residence and Travel Enrestrcted Cash Loans Liberal. Cash Surrenders Carrameed. Policieies incon testable after two years. Paid tip Policies Large. Policies non-forfeitable after three years. Pull particulars regarding various forms of policies adapted to vour own age can be secured by addressing the General Agents, stating Name, Address’, Occupation and Date of Birth. GOOD AG EN IS can secure desirable cont facts for unoccupied territory by addressing the General Agents. HOPKINS At HINES, Savannah, Ga. The editor of the Breeze strongly commends the Prudential Insurance Company. Ward & Hilliard, Local Agents, Douglas, Ga. THE ULMER WAGON AND BUGGY WOffifc. J. P. ULMER, MANAGJ^Bfc fainting t / ' S .7; . to I keep a first- class line of Coffins and ( Supplies and will attend funerals and look after same. § POND UK